The Journey of a Lifetime
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Senior and mid-level managers and team leaders seeking decision-making experience
- Film, animation and creative-industry professionals learning about franchise management
- Disney and blockbuster-franchise fans reading behind-the-scenes stories
- Readers interested in M&A integration and streaming transformation
Not a good fit for
- Readers looking for a Disneyland travel guide
- Academic readers expecting deep critical business analysis
- Readers who prefer fiction and strongly plot-driven narratives
Reading tips
- Read the chapters on taking office and the three directions first to build a framework, then look at the M&A details.
- For each acquisition, use a single page to map the deal's motivation, target and integration challenges.
- Reread the passages about Steve Jobs to see how trust enables collaboration.
- Relate it to your own work: note three actionable management practices and write down where you would apply them.
About the publisher
Shanghai Wenhui Publishing House focuses on foreign literature, science fiction, and quality fiction. Its catalogue of 218 titles spans literature, mystery and detective fiction, and social novels. Representative books include Middlemarch, The Grapes of Wrath, Snow Country, and The Complete Short Stories of Arthur C. Clarke, as well as Gu Long's Happy Heroes and Remarks on Lyrics in the World. In translation, translators such as Chen Jinhui, Chen Zongchen, Huang Yuesheng, and Qin Peng work alongside authors including George Eliot, John Steinbeck, Yasunari Kawabata, and Arthur C. Clarke, giving the press a profile that balances literary classics and genre fiction. Public information on its other publishing areas is limited.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序言
- 第一部分 学习
- 第一章 从零开始
- 第二章 在人才上押注
- 第三章 知你不知(信你所知)
- 第四章 迪士尼出场
- 第五章 第二把交椅
- 第六章 好事终会发生
- 第七章 专注未来
- 第二部分 领导
- 第八章 尊重的力量
- 第九章 迪士尼-皮克斯：未来之路
- 第十章 漫威：这边“风险”独好
- 第十一章 星球大战
- 第十二章 拼死创新
- 第十三章 诚信无价
- 第十四章 核心价值
- 附录 领导原则
- 致谢
- 关于作者
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About the author
Robert Iger remains a relatively unfamiliar name to Chinese readers, and publicly available information about him is limited. What can be confirmed is his name, one translated work, and a general orientation toward management writing. The Chinese edition of his book, The Ride of a Lifetime, suggests, judging by its title and its common classification, a narrative work blending personal experience with reflections on management rather than a systematic theoretical textbook. Given the available material, it is difficult to describe his career path or professional background in detail, but one can say that his writing tends to follow firsthand practice, discussing themes such as decision-making, leadership, and growth in a pragmatic, plain, and readable style. Such works usually appeal to readers interested in management practice and personal development, and their influence lies mainly in offering ordinary readers experience they can draw on. Because the material is limited, this introduction makes no further speculation about the author's life.
Joel Lovell is an author about whom limited public information is available. The only Chinese edition work currently confirmed is A Life's Journey, which is classified on this site under management. Judging from this category and the title, the book roughly addresses themes such as personal growth, career development, or life planning, and is aimed at readers interested in self-improvement and management practice. Because reliable information on the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, and professional identity is lacking, no further account of his life can be given, nor should any judgment about his writing career and influence go beyond the facts. On the basis of the available material, readers may regard the book as a narrative work with a management perspective, while its writing style and specific impact still need to be understood in light of the book's content. Readers are advised to pay attention to the experiential threads and ways of thinking presented in the book and to examine them in light of their own circumstances, rather than relying on the author's reputation.
Jin Tingting is a book author whose work spans a number of fields. Public information about her is limited, and her nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Judging from the nineteen works held in the collection, her writing and translation interests range across foreign literature, biography, management, science fiction, inspirational growth, and applied psychology. Representative works include The Diary of Anne Frank (Moti Classics, Vol. 9), What I Have Lived For: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, The Ride of a Lifetime, The Monk and the Robot's Wanderings, I Could Be Wrong, The Science of Writing a Good Story, The Book of Disquiet: For an Age of Anxiety, and Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up Draco Malfoy. These works cover diverse subjects, presenting classic diaries and autobiographies while also addressing narrative technique, anxiety, and personal growth, which shows her broad engagement with both literature and popular psychology.
